Best Video supported by NME TVThe Last Shadow Puppets – 'My Mistakes Were Made For You'Late Of The Pier – 'Heartbreak'Oasis – 'The Shock Of The Lightning'Radiohead – 'House Of Cards'Vampire Weekend – 'A-Punk'

Best Live EventGlastonburyIsle Of WightReading and LeedsT In The ParkV Festival

Best Band BlogFoalsLightspeed ChampionLittle BootsNoel Gallagher/OasisRadiohead

I suppose, to be fair, the inclusion of Coldplay only on a 'worst' list might at least allow some orientation as to which shortlist is the alternative one. But Noel Gallagher "best dressed"? How would that even get past the judges?

And while it's nice to see a 'best website' award, isn't the shortlist an indication of the weakness of the category? Bebo versus Facebook? If you're going to throw it open to such wide consideration, shouldn't Google at least be in the line-up?

The lack of a best DJ (as in radio) award seems to be a bit of an oversight, as well: who cares if NME readers like the Mighty Boosh; isn't the person who slips them fresh music into their ears more, you know, significant? It's like Gardeners World trying to find out their readers' favourite pasty and forgetting to ask about favourite pansy.

Good to see Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Deerhunter and Elbow doing so well there.

A film award, a tv award, a hero award, a villain award, a best dressed award, a worst dressed award, a sexiest male award and a sexiest female award but no radio awards. What a joke.

Still, one of Crystal Castles, Ladyhawke, Laura Marling, the drummer in Glasvegas and her out of The Ting Tings. Five woman! NME really showing their diverse tastes. Of course, there's ten if you take these five spread across ALL OF THE ACTUAL MUSIC CATEGORIES and add them to the equal number of five "sexiest" women.

Actaully, sorry. I just realised that I came across as absolutely hypocritical there by listing four nearly completely male bands (Deerhunter have Whitney Petty). When I wrote the first sentence I was naming obvious omissions that other publications have mentioned (and perhaps that shows the NME isn't alone though I believe they are the worse than most). If asked personally, I would also have mentioned, that in 2008, I enjoyed Beach House, Portishead, Manda Rin, Little Boots, The Lovely Eggs, High Places and Sons & Daughters (just off the top of my head). Not sure why I'm defending myself (I'm male btw) but I felt I shouldn't leave the comment too open to people spotting my own hypocrisy.

I don't think that's a bad list of nominations to be honest apart from all the Oasis, and like everyone has said it's the readers who keep voting for them, not the magazine. But no Kaiser Chiefs, no Razorlight, no Coldplay, no Kooks. Surely that can only be a good thing.

'Best New Band supported by Bench' has a ring to it. I'd like to think that sponsorship deal was originally meant for the Solo category, but was changed when NME invited nominations for 'Best Solo Artist supported by Bench' and most readers put forward their local tramp.

@1.18 anonI suppose when you look at the dreck that hasn't made it on to shortlists, it's slightly encouraging - although, personally, I don't really see too much distance between The Killers and Razorlight; same thing with differently haired chests.

And true, somehow readers votes led to these lists being drawn up - which might explain why the NME keeps running such lumpen cover stories.